Grapes and Apples (Budo to ringo)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1940
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Grapes and Apples is an unusual subject for Hasui — a still life rather than a landscape or architectural view — produced in 1940 when the pressures of wartime may have restricted travel for documentary printmaking. The composition likely arranges the fruits on a surface with a plain background, using the woodblock medium's capacity for rich color to render the deep purple of grapes and the warm reds of apples. Still lifes (budo to ringo) were exceptional in Hasui's output but not unprecedented among shin-hanga artists.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Grapes and Apples (Budo to ringo) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1940.
Grapes and Apples (Budo to ringo) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1940).
Grapes and Apples (Budo to ringo) depicts still life and food & drink.